# SelfManager.ai — Full content Source: https://selfmanager.ai Last updated: 2026-04-28 License: All content copyright SelfManager.ai. Quoting permitted with attribution and a link to the source URL. This file contains comprehensive content about SelfManager.ai for ingestion by AI search engines and LLM crawlers. For a shorter index version, see https://selfmanager.ai/llms.txt --- ## What is SelfManager.ai SelfManager.ai is a date-centric AI task manager where each day has its own workspace with unlimited tables for tasks, notes, images, and comments. Built-in AI plans your week ahead and reviews any week, month, or quarter you choose. It is built for solo founders, freelancers, consultants, knowledge workers, students, and small teams who want one place to plan their week, track tasks by date, and reflect with AI-generated weekly and monthly reviews. Development started in mid-to-late 2016 and the product launched publicly in 2022 as Self-Manager.net. It moved to selfmanager.ai in 2026 and continues with active development. The v4 redesign shipped in early 2026. Thousands of registered users use it worldwide today. --- ## What makes SelfManager.ai unique Three things you do not get together anywhere else: 1. Every day already has its own workspace with unlimited tables for tasks, notes, images, and comments. No setup, no templates, no boards. 2. AI Plan drafts a structured plan for any window up to 31 days from a plain-English brief. 3. AI Review reads every task you actually touched in a chosen week, month, or quarter and produces a streamed summary you can chat with. On top of that, the Team plan is a flat $30/month with unlimited collaborators, with no per-seat fees ever. --- ## 11 AI features 1. Generate tasks from any text. Paste an email, meeting notes, or a brief; get a structured prioritized to-do list with owners and due dates. 2. Chat with AI about a specific table, with full context (tasks, status, time, notes, comments). 3. Summarize a table for a quick status update. 4. Follow up on table summaries to refine, reframe, or turn into a plan. 5. Chat with AI about your pinned tables for big-picture priorities. 6. Summarize pinned tables for a global overview. 7. Follow up on pinned-table summaries to drill in or break them into actionable steps. 8. AI Plan: forward-looking plan generation for any window up to 31 days from a plain-English brief. 9. AI Review: weekly, monthly, or quarterly review of every task touched in that period, with a streamed summary you can chat with. 10. Follow up on period reviews to drill deeper, rewrite, or turn into next-week plans. 11. Instant period summaries without chat (skip conversation and get a direct AI-generated summary). AI models used: Google's Gemini today; Claude (Anthropic) planned for the near future so users can choose between providers. AI credits: Individual plan includes 35 AI credits per week; Team plan includes 70. One credit equals one AI action. Credits reset every Monday. Purchased credits never expire. --- ## Core productivity features - Date-centric structure: every day automatically has its own workspace with unlimited tables. - Built-in time tracking: precise start/stop timer or manual entry, per-task and per-table totals, weekly breakdowns by day, time analytics by priority and status. - Real-time sync across all devices, no refresh needed. - Rich text notes editor on every table: bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, inline code, H2/H3 headings, bulleted and numbered lists, links. Toolbar buttons or keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl/Cmd+B, +I, +U). Auto-link detection. Paste from Google Docs, Word, or web pages preserves formatting (sanitized for safety). One-click "Clear formatting" button. Markdown syntax characters are not parsed. - Image upload: up to 100 images per table, stored at original quality with no compression. Global gallery view across all tables. - Pin tables for one-click access from every day's homepage view. - Self Message: a daily message-to-yourself for motivation, reflection, or personal journaling. - Light and dark mode, switchable instantly. Customizable left sidebar and top hero (size + colors). - Comments and @mentions per task and per table for collaboration. - Search: global search across all notes and comments. - Multiple tables per day: separate work and personal, or mix in one. Pin long-horizon goal tables for visibility every day. --- ## Pricing Individual plan - $8/month, or $6/month billed annually ($72/year, $24/year savings) - Unlimited text storage for tables and their data - Unlimited image storage at original quality - Access to all 11 AI features - 35 AI credits per week - Real-time sync across all devices - Data is never sold - 24/7 email support - Cancel anytime Team plan - $30/month flat, or $25/month billed annually ($300/year, $60/year savings) - Everything in Individual - Unlimited team members at no extra cost - 70 AI credits per week - Priority support Trial and billing - 7-day free trial of every feature, including AI - No credit card required to start - Cancel anytime; access continues to end of billed period - Plan changes take effect at next billing cycle, prorated - Annual billing saves up to 25% (Individual 25%; Team about 17%) - No per-seat fees on Team. Only the team admin pays. Invited collaborators get full access at no extra cost. - Additional AI credits available from the Subscription page (minimum purchase: 50 credits for $2.50). Purchased credits never expire. Payments - Processed securely through Stripe - Major credit and debit cards accepted (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover) - Apple Pay and Google Pay supported where available --- ## Mobile and platform support Native iOS and Android apps are in development and will be released soon. In the meantime, SelfManager.ai works on phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop through any modern browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox). It can be added to your home screen for app-like access. --- ## How SelfManager.ai compares Trello: Trello organizes by board. SelfManager.ai organizes by date. SelfManager has built-in time tracking (Trello requires Power-Ups), 11 AI features (Trello has none), and unlimited team members on a flat $30/month plan vs Trello's per-seat pricing. https://selfmanager.ai/trello-alternatives Notion: Notion is a flexible workspace that requires setup, templates, and structure decisions. SelfManager.ai is opinionated: every day already has its own workspace, no setup. Notion's AI is bolted on; SelfManager's AI runs on real task history. https://selfmanager.ai/notion-alternatives Asana: Asana uses per-seat pricing that punishes growing teams. SelfManager's Team plan is flat $30/month with unlimited members. Asana is heavy for solo work; SelfManager works equally well for one person or a small team. https://selfmanager.ai/asana-alternatives Todoist: Todoist is a pure list with manual review workflows. SelfManager organizes by date (the date is the container, not the items in a list) and includes AI Review for weekly, monthly, or quarterly summaries. Time tracking and journaling are built in. https://selfmanager.ai/todoist-alternatives Monday.com: Monday is sales-led and overengineered for small teams. SelfManager is self-serve, founder-led, and self-onboarding with sample data. Flat pricing instead of per-seat. https://selfmanager.ai/monday-com-alternatives Apple Notes: Apple Notes has no concept of tasks, deadlines, time tracking, or progress. SelfManager.ai is a real productivity platform with date-centric structure, AI summaries, and team collaboration. https://selfmanager.ai/apple-notes-alternatives Akiflow / Sunsama / Motion: These are calendar-first AI task managers focused on time-blocking. SelfManager.ai is date-centric (not calendar-blocked) with AI Plan and AI Review built in. Pick SelfManager if you want flexible structure per day; pick the others if calendar time-blocking is your primary need. --- ## Use cases Freelancers track multiple clients on separate tables per day, log billable time with the built-in timer, and generate weekly summaries with AI Review for invoicing. Each table can be shared with a specific client without giving them access to the rest of your work. Consultants manage multiple engagements at once, with each engagement getting its own table. AI Review summarizes any week, month, or quarter for client status updates and end-of-retainer reports. Knowledge workers (developers, designers, product managers, analysts, researchers) plan their week with AI Plan, capture meeting notes in rich text, track time on focused work, and reflect on what shipped each week with AI Review. Solo founders use SelfManager as a single workspace for product roadmap, customer notes, marketing tasks, and personal goals. Pin top-of-mind initiatives so they stay one click away from every day's view. Students plan study sessions by date, track assignments and exam prep, take rich-text class notes per course, and get AI summaries of what they accomplished each week or semester. Small teams (2 to 20+ people) use the Team plan for a flat $30/month with unlimited members. Invite collaborators to specific tables only, comment on tasks, share images, and run AI Review across the team's combined output for stand-ups and retros. Daily planning is the core use case. Every day automatically has its own workspace; you can add unlimited tables per day for different focus areas (work, personal, health, learning). AI Plan can draft a full week or month of structured plans from a plain-English brief. Personal journaling and daily logs work naturally given the date-centric structure. Use rich text notes for free-form writing, or comments on private tables for shorter entries. Every note and comment is searchable across all your data. Self Message lets you write a daily message to yourself for motivation or reflection. --- ## Trust and security SelfManager.ai uses enterprise-grade encryption in transit and at rest. Authentication runs through trusted providers (Google, Microsoft, Apple, X/Twitter, Facebook, email magic-link, phone). Data is backed up automatically. User data is never sold to third parties. AI features call Google's Gemini API on a per-request basis; user tables are never used for AI model training. The product is closed-source commercial software, not open source. Seven login providers supported: Google, Microsoft, Apple, X/Twitter, Facebook, email magic-link, and phone. Once an account is created with any provider, additional providers can be linked from account settings, so a user can log in with multiple methods to the same account. --- ## Frequently asked questions (47 total) ## The basics ### Q: What is SelfManager.ai? SelfManager.ai is a date-centric AI task manager where each day has its own workspace with unlimited tables for tasks, notes, images, and comments. Built-in AI plans your week ahead and reviews any week, month, or quarter you choose. ### Q: How is SelfManager.ai different from Notion, Trello, Todoist, or Asana? Most task managers organize work by board, list, or folder. SelfManager.ai organizes by date - every day is its own workspace, and AI runs on top of your real history to plan the week ahead and summarize the weeks behind. There are no per-seat fees: the Team plan is a flat $30/month for unlimited collaborators. ### Q: Is there a free trial? Yes. SelfManager.ai includes a 7-day free trial with full access to every feature, including AI. No credit card is required to start, and you can cancel anytime. ### Q: Do I need a credit card to start? No. The 7-day trial starts when you sign in with one of the supported login providers, with no payment information collected upfront. ### Q: Can I use SelfManager.ai for free forever? No. After the 7-day trial, an active subscription is required to keep using the app. The Individual plan starts at $6/month billed annually, and the Team plan is a flat $25/month billed annually with unlimited team members. ### Q: How do I get started? Open selfmanager.ai and sign in with Google, Microsoft, Apple, X/Twitter, Facebook, email, or phone. Your account is created in seconds with sample data so you can see the workflow immediately. ### Q: Who is SelfManager.ai for? SelfManager.ai is built for solo founders, freelancers, consultants, knowledge workers, students, and small teams who want one place to plan their week by date, track tasks and notes, and reflect with AI-generated weekly and monthly reviews. The Individual plan ($8/month, $6 billed annually) covers personal use. The Team plan ($30/month flat, $25 billed annually) covers small teams of any size with unlimited collaborators. ### Q: What makes SelfManager.ai unique? Three things you do not get together anywhere else. First, every day already has its own workspace with unlimited tables for tasks, notes, images, and comments, with no setup or templates. Second, AI Plan drafts a structured plan for any window up to 31 days from a plain-English brief. Third, AI Review reads every task you actually touched in any week, month, or quarter and produces a streamed summary you can chat with. On top of that, the Team plan is a flat $30/month with unlimited collaborators, with no per-seat fees ever. ### Q: How long has SelfManager.ai been around? Development started in mid-to-late 2016, and the product launched publicly in 2022 as Self-Manager.net. It moved to selfmanager.ai in 2026 and continues with active development and frequent updates, including the v4 redesign released in early 2026. Today, thousands of registered users use it worldwide. ## Pricing & billing ### Q: How much does SelfManager.ai cost? SelfManager.ai has two plans. Individual is $8/month or $6/month billed annually. Team is $30/month or $25/month billed annually with unlimited team members included. Both plans include a 7-day free trial. ### Q: Is there a discount? Yes, annual billing saves you money on either plan — up to 25%. Individual goes from $8/month to $6/month ($72/year, a 25% saving), and Team goes from $30/month to $25/month ($300/year, about 17%). You can change billing cycles anytime in your account settings. ### Q: Do invited team members pay extra? No. Only the person who subscribes to the Team plan pays the $30/month flat fee. Invited collaborators get full access to the tables you share with them, including editing tasks, leaving comments, and uploading images, without paying anything. ### Q: Are there per-seat fees, storage fees, or hidden costs? No. The Individual and Team plans are flat-rate with no per-user, per-task, or per-storage charges. The only optional add-on is purchasing additional AI credits if you exceed the weekly allowance. ### Q: What happens after the 7-day free trial? You'll be asked to choose a plan to continue. No credit card is charged automatically because none was collected at trial start. You can cancel without paying, or pick Individual ($8/month) or Team ($30/month) to keep using all features. ### Q: Can I cancel anytime? Yes. You can cancel your subscription from your account settings at any time, and access continues until the end of the billed period. ### Q: Can I switch between Individual and Team plans? Yes. Plan changes take effect at the next billing cycle, with the new rate prorated based on remaining time on the current plan. ### Q: What payment methods do you accept? Payments are processed securely through Stripe. You can pay with major credit and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover), and Apple Pay or Google Pay are available where supported by your device and country. ## Use cases & personas ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai good for freelancers? Yes. Freelancers use SelfManager.ai to track multiple clients on separate tables per day, log billable time with the built-in timer, attach client briefs and reference images to each task, and generate weekly summaries with AI Review for invoicing or status updates. Each table can be shared with a specific client without giving them access to the rest of your work. ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai good for consultants? Yes. Consultants use SelfManager.ai to manage multiple engagements at once. Each engagement gets its own table with task tracking, time logging, and per-task notes. AI Review summarizes any week, month, or quarter for client status updates and end-of-retainer reports. Pin your most important engagements so they show up on every day’s homepage view. ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai good for knowledge workers? Yes. Knowledge workers (developers, designers, product managers, analysts, researchers) use SelfManager.ai to plan their week ahead with AI Plan, capture meeting notes and reference material in rich text, track time on focused work, and reflect on what shipped each week with AI Review. The date-centric structure mirrors how knowledge work actually flows: by day, not by board. ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai good for solo founders? Yes. Solo founders use SelfManager.ai as a single workspace for product roadmap, customer notes, marketing tasks, and personal goals. Pin your top-of-mind initiatives so they stay one click away from every day’s view, use AI Review to track progress weekly or monthly, and keep everything searchable across notes and comments. ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai good for students? Yes. Students use SelfManager.ai to plan study sessions by date, track assignments and exam prep, take rich-text class notes per course, and get AI-generated summaries of what they accomplished each week or semester. The Individual plan starts at $6/month billed annually, and the 7-day free trial includes every feature. ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai good for small teams? Yes. Small teams (2 to 20+ people) use SelfManager.ai on the Team plan: a flat $30/month with unlimited team members. Invite collaborators to specific tables only, comment on tasks, share images, and run AI Review across the team’s combined output for weekly stand-ups and monthly retros. Only the team admin pays. Invited members get full access at no extra cost. ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai good for daily planning? Yes. Daily planning is the core of SelfManager.ai. Every day automatically has its own workspace, you can add unlimited tables per day for different focus areas (work, personal, health, learning), and AI Plan can draft a full week or month of structured plans from a plain-English brief. Duplicate any table to reuse it on a different day. ### Q: How does SelfManager.ai handle recurring tasks and habits? SelfManager.ai does not have automatic recurring tasks. Instead, you have two manual options. Duplicate any table to reuse it on a different day with one click. Or pin a table you want to track regularly (a habit list, a daily routine, a weekly review template) so it shows up on every day’s homepage view, one click away. ### Q: Can I use SelfManager.ai as a journal or daily log? Yes. The date-centric structure makes SelfManager.ai a natural daily journal. Use the rich text notes on any table for free-form writing, or use comments on private tables for shorter daily entries. Every note and comment is searchable from the search page, so you can find what you wrote weeks or months later. The Self Message feature also lets you write a daily message to yourself for motivation or reflection. ### Q: Can I track personal goals alongside work tasks? Yes. You can mix personal and work tasks in a single table per day, or keep them in two separate tables on the same day. For longer-horizon goals (weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly), create a dedicated goal table once and pin it. Pinned tables stay accessible from every day’s homepage view, so long-term goals remain one click away no matter which day you open. ## Features & capabilities ### Q: What AI features does SelfManager.ai have? SelfManager.ai includes 11 AI features: generate tasks from any text, chat with AI about a specific table, summarize a table, follow up on summaries, chat with AI about pinned tables, summarize pinned tables, follow up on pinned summaries, AI Plan (forward-looking weekly/monthly/quarterly planning up to 31 days), AI Review (weekly/monthly/quarterly summaries of completed work), follow up on period reviews, and instant period summaries without chat. See: https://selfmanager.ai/ai-features ### Q: What AI models does SelfManager.ai use? SelfManager.ai uses Google's Gemini models today, with Claude (Anthropic) models planned for the near future so users can choose between them. ### Q: What are AI credits and how do they reset? One AI credit equals one AI action. Generating tasks from text, summarizing a table, running an AI Plan, or producing an AI Review for a chosen week, month, or quarter each consumes 1 credit. The Individual plan includes 35 AI credits per week, and the Team plan includes 70. Credits reset every Monday. Purchased credits never expire, unlike the weekly credits included in your subscription. ### Q: What if I run out of AI credits? You can purchase additional AI credits at any time from your Subscription page. The minimum purchase is 50 credits for $2.50, with no maximum. Unlike the weekly credits included in your subscription, purchased credits never expire and roll over indefinitely. ### Q: Can I use SelfManager.ai without the AI features? Yes. AI is opt-in. Every core feature (tables, tasks, time tracking, comments, file uploads, collaboration) works without using a single AI credit. ### Q: Does SelfManager.ai have mobile apps? Native apps for iOS and Android are in development and will be released soon. In the meantime, you can use SelfManager.ai on your phone or tablet through any modern browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) and add it to your home screen for app-like access. All your data syncs in real time across every device. ### Q: Can I upload images? Yes. You can upload up to 100 images per table, stored at original quality with no compression. There's also a global gallery view that shows every image across all your tables. ### Q: Is there built-in time tracking? Yes. SelfManager.ai includes a built-in start/stop timer for precise tracking, plus manual time entry. You get per-task and per-table totals, weekly breakdowns by day, and time analytics by priority and status. ### Q: Can I customize the interface? Yes, and all customization is optional. You can resize the left sidebar and the top hero, customize their colors, switch between light and dark mode at any time, and write a daily Self Message for motivation or quick notes to yourself. Every change syncs across your devices. ### Q: Does SelfManager.ai support Markdown? Notes on every table use a rich text editor with bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, inline code, H2/H3 headings, bulleted and numbered lists, and links. Use the toolbar or keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl/Cmd+B, +I, +U). Typing a URL auto-converts to a link. You can paste formatted content from Google Docs, Word, or web pages with formatting preserved (and sanitized for safety), and a one-click "Clear formatting" button strips everything back to plain text if you need a clean slate. Markdown syntax characters like asterisks or pound signs are not parsed. ### Q: Can I change my login provider later? Yes. Once your account is created with any of the supported login providers, you can link additional providers from your account settings and use any of them to sign in to the same account. So you can sign up with Google today and add Apple, X/Twitter, Microsoft, Facebook, email, or phone later, in any combination. ## Comparisons ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai a good Notion alternative for daily planning? Yes. For users who want daily planning specifically, SelfManager.ai is more focused than Notion. Notion is a flexible workspace; SelfManager.ai is a date-centric task manager where every day already has its own workspace. There is no setup, no templates, and no learning curve. See: https://selfmanager.ai/notion-alternatives ### Q: What's the best Trello alternative for individual users? SelfManager.ai is built for individuals first, unlike Trello which is board-centric and designed for teams. SelfManager organizes work by date, includes 11 AI features, and offers built-in time tracking, file uploads, and comments at $8/month. See: https://selfmanager.ai/trello-alternatives ### Q: How does SelfManager.ai compare to Akiflow, Sunsama, or Motion? Akiflow, Sunsama, and Motion are calendar-first AI task managers focused on time-blocking. SelfManager.ai is a date-centric task manager with AI Plan and AI Review built in. It does not time-block your calendar, but it gives you unlimited tables per day, a flat $30/month team plan, and end-to-end AI from planning to weekly review. Pick SelfManager if you want flexible structure per day; pick the others if calendar time-blocking is your primary need. ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai better than Todoist for weekly reviews? Yes for users who want AI-generated weekly reviews. Todoist has manual review workflows. SelfManager.ai has AI Review: pick any week, month, or quarter, and the AI reads every task you touched in that window and produces a streamed summary you can chat with. ### Q: Should I use SelfManager.ai or Apple Notes for personal tasks? Apple Notes is great for free-form notes; SelfManager.ai is better when you want structured daily planning with task statuses, priorities, due dates, and AI-generated summaries. Apple Notes has no concept of tasks, deadlines, or progress tracking. See: https://selfmanager.ai/apple-notes-alternatives ## Trust & security ### Q: Is my data secure? Yes. SelfManager.ai uses enterprise-grade encryption in transit and at rest, authentication through trusted providers (Google, Microsoft, Apple, X/Twitter, Facebook, email, phone), and data is backed up automatically. ### Q: Do you sell data or train AI on my content? No. SelfManager.ai never sells user data and never trains AI models on your content. AI features call Google's Gemini API on a per-request basis, and your tables are never used for model training. ### Q: What login providers are supported? Seven options: Google, Microsoft, Apple, X/Twitter, Facebook, email magic-link, and phone number. Sign-up takes seconds with any account you already have. ### Q: Is SelfManager.ai open source? No. SelfManager.ai is a closed-source commercial product. We use enterprise-grade encryption in transit and at rest, authentication through trusted providers, and we never sell user data or train AI models on your content. --- ## Recent updates - 2026 (early): v4 redesign shipped — complete redesign of the logged-in experience, native mobile gestures, rich-text notes editor (Lexical-based), light mode across every page. - 2026: AI Plan launched — forward-looking plan generation for any window up to 31 days from a plain-English brief. - 2026: Domain moved from self-manager.net to selfmanager.ai. - 2022: Public launch as Self-Manager.net. - 2016 (mid-to-late): Development started. --- ## Canonical URLs - Homepage / Sign up: https://selfmanager.ai/login - Pricing: https://selfmanager.ai/pricing - FAQ: https://selfmanager.ai/faq - AI Features: https://selfmanager.ai/ai-features - How It Works: https://selfmanager.ai/how-it-works - About: https://selfmanager.ai/about - Articles: https://selfmanager.ai/articles - Contact: https://selfmanager.ai/contact - Privacy Policy: https://selfmanager.ai/privacy - Terms and Conditions: https://selfmanager.ai/terms - Cookies: https://selfmanager.ai/cookies - Trello alternatives: https://selfmanager.ai/trello-alternatives - Notion alternatives: https://selfmanager.ai/notion-alternatives - Asana alternatives: https://selfmanager.ai/asana-alternatives - Todoist alternatives: https://selfmanager.ai/todoist-alternatives - Monday.com alternatives: https://selfmanager.ai/monday-com-alternatives - Apple Notes alternatives: https://selfmanager.ai/apple-notes-alternatives